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#294313 Rise and Rise Again, Until Lambs Become Lions
seannn
Cheers Jamie, he will be key if he can get a run of form.
#294303 Rise and Rise Again, Until Lambs Become Lions
seannn
I've been going through a whole range of formations - 442/433/4141 - not really settled on one yet as I don't really have the depth for the 4141 or a 433 both which I like to play. Could play a basic 433 but it left me exposed at the back so I like to use a DM.
I'll post mines after the transfer window and settled on one, and yeah you can still set it to only commentary.
#294226 FM16 Steam Achievement Hunter
seannn
Nice to see you playing as Celtic also, any chance I could see your squad?
#294211 Rise and Rise Again, Until Lambs Become Lions
seannn
#294204 Rise and Rise Again, Until Lambs Become Lions
seannn
Pretty similar to last year. Kieran Tierney looks better and ready for a rotation role however Liam Henderson has been downgraded (according to coach reports). Ryan Christie looks like he will be a key player after his loan.
#294040 Rise and Rise Again, Until Lambs Become Lions
seannn
#294039 Rise and Rise Again, Until Lambs Become Lions
seannn
#293976 Rise and Rise Again, Until Lambs Become Lions
seannn
#293848 Rise and Rise Again, Until Lambs Become Lions
seannn
#293847 Rise and Rise Again, Until Lambs Become Lions
seannn
Cheers man!
#293225 Rise and Rise Again, Until Lambs Become Lions
seannn
#293220 Rise and Rise Again, Until Lambs Become Lions
seannn
Leagues Loaded:
2015/16: Ongoing...
Steam Achievements: 21/107 (20%)
First Victory: 5-1 vs Ventspils
Back of the Net!: Charlie Mulgrew vs Ventspils
Clean Sheet: 4-0 vs Ventspils
Thumping!: 5-0 vs Maribor
Hat-trick: Leigh Griffiths vs Maribor
Team Performance: 4-1 vs Dundee
Top Of The Class: September 2015
What a Goal: September 2015 - Callum McGregor vs Dundee
Unbeatable: 26/08/15 - 17/10/15
He's Signed!: Kristoffer Ajer £1.5 million from Start
He's Sold!: Anthony Stokes £2 million to Brighton
Scoring Streak: 09/01/16 - 02/03/16
Shrewd Spender: £400k under budget
I'm the Boss: Kristoffer Ajer v Rangers*
Champions!: Celtic - SPL 2015/16
Cup Glory: Celtic - Scottish Cup 2015/16
Unstoppable Force: Celtic - SPL 2015/16
Iron Curtain: Celtic - SPL 2015/16
Goal Machine: Leigh Griffiths 21 in 34
Star Man: Craig Gordon, Jozo Simunovic, Stefan Johanson & Leigh Griffiths SPL Team of the Year 2015/16
Tremendous Trio: Craig Gordon, Jozo Simunovic, Stefan Johanson & Leigh Griffiths SPL Team of the Year 2015/16
Parked The Bus: 02/04/2015 – 29/04/2015
#279242 Hit the road Jack
seannn
I'm doing a similar thing with Celtic, keeping the core of the squad Scottish and bringing in foreign talent for a two or three seasons then turning a profit. Obviously some foreign players will stay around long term but only if they're happy too.
As for keepers, I'm sure Karl Darlow is eligible for Wales if you're struggling for a keeper. So he might be worth keeping an eye on
#275635 Ballack's Back
seannn
#275634 Ballack's Back
seannn
Big changes for next season. We only have a £4 million transfer budget so some players will have to go as I don't have the players to suit the system I want to play. I want to go with a 3-3-3-1 formation similar to the way Bayern play under Pep.
Something like this...
#275052 Celtic: The Revival
seannn
Anyway heres the players I brought in, along with extending Jason Denayers loan again. Nick Powell and Jordan Ibe made moves north of the border both on pre-contract deals. Both are English so their re-sale value to English sides is advantageous, however Ibe is here long term if I can keep him. Jacob Brabec came in to fill the massive Virgil Van Dijk shaped hole who left for Portugal as he only had a year remaining and would not sign a new deal. I continued the tradition of poaching Man City’s unwanted development players singing Bruno Zucchini as a potential long term replacement for Scott Brown. The next 3 players came in just before the window shut. All on the transfer list so at bargain prices. Jonathan de Guzman has been left out of the fold at Napoli and at 28 still has a few years left in him. Gary Hooper returns and I expect to see him bagging at least 15 per season. Finally Michael Rensing signs a deal wighted on appearance bonuses, he looks like a real challenger for the number 1 jersey.
We brought in a very good amount due to player sales. Napoli activated Carlos Fierro’s release clause meaning I made a tidy £10 million profit on the player. As stated Virgil wanted to leave. But the master stroke was sending on loan to Kaiserslautern for £1 million. Reducing what we payed for the player to just £2 million.
After rocky starts to both pre-season and the opening competitive fixtures we pulled things together and got some good form going. We had some scares almost going out of the Champions League to both Rosenberg and Liega Warsaw.
#274609 Celtic: The Revival
seannn
We dropped 11 points on last season, scored 25 less and conceded 14 more. It was a pretty poor season overall, despite the 2 trophies. I think I'll have to completely rethink the squad for next season.
#274379 Celtic: The Revival
seannn
Things continued to be shaky domestically for a couple of weeks then settled down. With us winning all but one match from the last update, including a 1-0 win over Rangers*. The draws with Inverness and Kilmarnock I’ll chalk down to the bedding in of my 4-3-3 tactic. As for losing to Hamilton, despite destroying them 3-0 in the League Cup Final. I fielded a weakened team so my starting XI would be fresh for the tie with Man Utd. We went on to wrap the league title up with a 3-1 over St Johnston and seal the double.
In Europe we comfortably beat Porto over the two legs. I figured it would be a tough tie and go down to the wire but we copped very well. The score does not reflect what happened in the Man Utd games. We dominated both legs in terms of stats. We had more possession, more shots on target and more passes completed. But that’s football.
Summer Plans
First of all the 4 loan players will return to their respective clubs, leaving me with 25 players when Callum McGregor and Carlos Fierro return from loan. Then it will increase to 27 when Ibe and Powell complete their free transfers. This means I want to get rid of 5 players.
From the next season I will only bring in a maximum of 2 loan players and allow 10 out on loan. This will force me to be shrewder in my transfer policy and sell/release players who just don’t cut it.
#274291 Ballack's Back
seannn
Took the Valencia job, they were in a pretty bad way. 13th in La Liga and plagued with injuries. Didn't have the greatest of starts, yet to win and slipped to 15th. We're still in the Europa League and will have to beat Benfica to reach the last 16.
Took me a few weeks to get my squad together, happy with it now. Well it'll do until the end of the season. Victor Wanyama signed from Barca as we lacked a decent holding midfielder. Both keepers were injured resulting in me playing a 17-year-old regen so I brought in Mattia Perin. Granit Xhaka career has stalled at Liverpool so I brought him on loan with the view of a permanent transfer. Another ball winner - Gary Medel - came in to challenge Wanyama for the DM slot and can also cover central defence. Robinho on a free transfer for £10k p/w. Why the hell not?
#273896 Ballack's Back
seannn
I think they're favourites for me at the moment. I've ruled out Everton but the lure of brining Gladbach up and beating Leverkusen is tempting.
#273829 Ballack's Back
seannn
The sit 6th in 2.Bundesliga, just 7 points of the top spot so winning the league and promotion is not out of the question. I imagine the squad is good enough for the league as they only just went down and Max Kruse scored 20 goals in the Bundesliga two seasons ago. They are out of the cup so my sole focus would be on promotion, and with a budget of over £10 million I don't see why not.
This is the least attractive of the offers. The are 18th and have expectation of a mid table finish, a gap of about 10 points. I only have £1.5million available for transfers. The squad is great, however I think I would like to save England until the Chelsea job becomes available.
12th in La Liga with a Europa League spot the aim. This would mean just 5 points to make up, a massive difference between the others. A good budget of £15 million to invest in January and a decent squad. They have done some pretty bad transfer business over the years selling Jose Gaya and Alvaro Negredo at cut price deals and I feel the should have got slightly more than £23 million for Nicolas Otamendi.
So what do you think of the offers. Where should my next destination be?
#273825 Ballack's Back
seannn
I'll play through until the end of the season and see if anything interesting comes up.
#273661 Celtic: The Revival
seannn
The performances have been mixed. We went from holding Barca to a 1-1 draw, then Inverness gubbing us 4-0 just four days later. The result ended a 34 match unbeaten run. Jurgen Locadia broke his foot playing for Holland – out for 4 months – leading to me brining Rosenberg in. We beat Rangers* 4-0 to claim our second Old Firm win of the season. The most disappointing match, aside from ICT was throwing away a 3-0 lead in Prague which would have gave us a respectable 7 points from a tough group. Up next in our European adventure is a trip to Porto who we faced in the Seville final of 2003.
#273659 Celtic: The Revival
seannn
Cheers man!
#272197 Ballack's Back
seannn
#272029 Ballack's Back
seannn
Cheers Jamie.
#272028 Celtic: The Revival
seannn
I don’t see there being much business in January – unless I have to sell – other than a few bosman players that I am keeping an eye on. Again this won’t be dramatic, only maybe one or two. There is one that I definitely want. I now sit with a squad size of 26 with a few decent players out on loan. I want to trim that down to about 22 and then supplement with players from the youth squad. There is a lot of players contacts running out in 2017 so I will re-evaluate at the end of the season, in terms of wage demands and decide who to try and move on.
Overall I have done pretty well in the transfer market, with a net transfer spend of £10.51 million up to now. I want to be making a profit but also reinvesting back into the squad, I think around £5 million profit per season (averaging) is a good target to aim for. Also I will not make a loss in back-to-back seasons. This is all to comply with the regulations I set my self in the opening post.
Despite improving the squad massively – IMO – we are almost £10 million better off than when I took over and the wage bill has been reduced by £70k p/w. The sale of big earners such as Derk Boerrigter and Teemu Pukki – who collected over £50k p/w between them – aided with this.
The start was quite sluggish, taking us till now to claim the top spot, after disappointing draws with Inverness and new boys Hearts – giving the lead away both times. This was followed by a superb performance agains Rangers* with my strike prodigy Locadia snatching his first goal to double the lead in the 2nd half. It took a late stunner from Emilio Izaguirre to take all 3 points from a resilient Dundee Utd side who pulled back even twice after a boring first half. I think we can kick on and create a gap between us and I predict Aberdeen who we face next. Again I need to focus on keeping a few more clean sheets, that has been our downfall, we have conceded a goal a game so far in the league.
In Europe we coasted it, competition wasn’t the toughest but we showed we were superior in the scorelines. The group stage will be tough facing both Barcelona and Man City. The other team we face and I am confident we can beat to the Europa League spot is Sparta Prague.
#271961 Celtic: The Revival
seannn
As for the sales they were players who had left Celtic already or have been rumoured to leave. The exception was Stefan Scepovic who did have a good season last year but I couldn't turn down £7.5 million (plus 25% of any profit) for a striker who wasn't in my starting XI. Now to the good stuff, players in. First was Humam Tariq, a massive talent in the AMC slot, who was loaned back out to get the most out of the season. Expect to see a lot of him next season. Scott Marshall followed on the same day. He was followed by quick right back Saidy Janko, highly rated at Man Utd. This leaves me the option to sell Adam Matthews (after his move to Sunderland IRL). On free transfer day I managed to hold back from signing a ton of players and only brought in Carlos Fierro, a Mexican wonderkid with an eye for goal. There is massive profit to be made there.
#271561 Celtic: The Revival
seannn
Thanks mate, almost caught up to where I was before the crash
#271486 Celtic: The Revival
seannn